2 shot in gang-related fight

October 19, 2008

Two men were shot in gang-related violence early this morning in McKinley Park, police said.

The men, ages 20 and 22, were fighting with a rival gang member aboard a CTA bus just before 1 a.m. in the 3200 block of South Ashland Avenue (map / crime search), said Chicago Police Capt. Robert Johnson. The third man pulled a gun, chased the men off the bus and fired at them, Johnson said.

The 20-year-old was transported in stable condition to Stroger Hospital with a gunshot wound to his left leg. The second man, who was shot in the torso, was taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital, according to police.